{"id":289178,"date":"2026-02-18T02:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/289178\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T02:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:00:10","slug":"blown-truck-tyre-injures-one-triggers-delays-on-aucklands-northwestern-motorway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/289178\/","title":{"rendered":"Blown truck tyre injures one, triggers delays on Auckland\u2019s Northwestern Motorway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">Paramedics at the scene assessed a patient, who was transported to Auckland City Hospital in a moderate condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">It is not yet known if the injured person was travelling in the truck or another vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">One westbound lane was reopened around 11.45am, NZTA said, with the final lane freed up by 12.30pm.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Two westbound lanes were blocked following the crash, while citybound traffic had backed up from the Patiki Rd and Rosebank Rd turn-offs. Photo \/ Google Maps\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Two westbound lanes were blocked following the crash, while citybound traffic had backed up from the Patiki Rd and Rosebank Rd turn-offs. Photo \/ Google Maps<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">Traffic cameras showed heavy congestion for westbound vehicles, with traffic heading into the city also slowing to a crawl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAll lanes are now open. Allow extra time for congestion in the area to ease,\u201d NZTA said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">Westbound traffic was stalled from the Waterview Connection interchange for several hours, while eastbound traffic slowed significantly around the Patiki Rd and Rosebank Rd turn-offs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\">Google Traffic data showed vehicle movement being restricted in both directions, although it has since softened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PjjNclxixstKXPGyV\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paramedics at the scene assessed a patient, who was transported to Auckland City Hospital in a moderate condition.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,33846,3952,157907,26754,3246,11519,16492,97847,10933,29510,15399,3945,111,43,139,34608,69,90,5270,4056,90807,23857,109558],"class_list":{"0":"post-289178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-after","9":"tag-along","10":"tag-aucklands","11":"tag-blew","12":"tag-blown","13":"tag-both","14":"tag-causing","15":"tag-delays","16":"tag-directions","17":"tag-injured","18":"tag-injures","19":"tag-massive","20":"tag-motorway","21":"tag-new-zealand","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-newzealand","24":"tag-northwestern","25":"tag-nz","26":"tag-on","27":"tag-one","28":"tag-person","29":"tag-triggers","30":"tag-truck","31":"tag-tyre"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}